Truss.



PATENTED MAY 15 '1'. OMALLEY.

TRUSS.

, APPLICATION FILED NOV.14,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS OMALLEY, OF MOKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA. T Russ.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS OMALLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at McKeesport, in they county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accomp anying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in trusses; and the invention has for its primary object to provide a novel form of truss which can be easily and quickly secured to the body to exert a pressure upon a rupture or the like injury.

Another object of my invention is to provide a truss that can be adjusted to different parts of the body and firmly held in position to accomplish the desired results.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of one endof my improved truss. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line at x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan of aswiveled buckle used in connection with the truss. Fig. 5 is a plan of a springcarrying plate, and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of a body equipped with my improved truss.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved truss of a piece of fabric belting 1, to one end of which is secured a conventional form of buckle 2, said buckle being adapted to receive the opposite end of the belting. Adjacent to the buckle end of the belting I mount an annular plate or buckle 3, which is held in engagement with the belting by a metallic cleat 1, the ends of which are bent upwardly, as at 5 5, to engage the plate 3. The plate is further held in engagement With the fabric by a vertically-disposed rivet 6, which passes upwardly through the fabric belting centrally of the plate, and said rivet retains a strap 7 upon the bottom of the cleat 4, the object of which will be presently described.

Upon the plate 3 is mounted a coiled spring 8, the end of said spring being secured to the plate by straps 9 9, which are riveted to the plate, as at 10 10. The ends of the strap are bent beneath the plate 3, as at 11 11, to insure a positive engagement of the spring with said plate. To the opposite end of the spring is secured apad or cushion 12, which is adapted to bear against the body to be treated or sustained by the truss.

Slidably mounted upon the fabric belting 1 is a strap 14, the end of which is adapted to be held by a buckle 15, carried by a strap 16, swiveled in the strap 7 upon the underneath face of the belting 1. The buckle 15 is swiveled, whereby it can be swung from one side of the fabric belting to the other, according to the position in which the belting is placed upon a body.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings I have illustrated the application of my improved truss to a body, and by referring to said figure it will be observed that the truss surrounds the body and that the cushion or pad 12 bears against one part thereof. To prevent the truss from turning or becoming displaced, the strap 14 passes between the limbs of the body and has its ends secured to the buckle 15. I do not care to confine myself to the manner in which I have secured the spring to the plate 3 or to the character of buffer used in connection with the truss, and such changes in the construction of my improved truss as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A truss embodying a fabric belt adapted to have its ends secured together, a metallic plate carried by said belt, a rivet passing through said plate and. said belt, a spring mounted upon said plate, a pad carried by said spring, a strap having one end adjustably mounted upon said belt and adapted to have its other end detachably secured to said belt, adjacent said plate, substantially as detween said plate and said straps, and a pad scribed. carried by the opposite end of said spring. I0 2. In a truss, the combination with a belt, In testimony whereof I aflix my signature of a plate mounted thereon, a cleat eXtendin the presence of two Witnesses. A 5 ing across said belt on the opposite side to the THOMAS OMALLEY plate, said cleat having its ends bent around Witnesses: the edge of the plate, straps riveted to said E. E. POTTER,

plate, a spring having one end arranged be- C. KLosTERMANN. 

